ἆθλος
ἐνίοτε οἱ οἰκέται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐλαύνουσιν αὐτούς → sometimes the slaves ride them into the sea
English (LSJ)
ὁ, contr. from Ep. and Ion. ἄεθλος, which alone is used by Hom. (except in Od.8.160), and mostly by Hdt. and Pi.:—
A contest either in war or sport, esp. contest for a prize, Hom.; νικᾶν τοιῷδ' ἐπ' ἀέθλῳ (for the arms of Achilles) Od. 11.548; ἄεθλος πρόκειται a task is set one, Hdt.1.126; ἐμοὶ μὲν οὗτος ἄ. ὑποκείσεται Pi.O.1.84; ἄεθλον προτιθέναι to set it, Hdt.7.197; ἆθλοι Πυθικοί, Δελφικοί, S.El.49,682; toil, Pi.P.4.165; of the labours of Heracles, D.S.4.11, etc.: metaph., conflict, struggle, ordeal, Alc.33, A.Pr.702, 752, S.Ant.856. II = ἆθλον 1, Theoc.8.11sqq.—On the proper difference of ἆθλον and ἆθλος v. ἆθλον 11. (For ἄϝεθλος, ἄϝεθλον, as in IG5(2).75.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 47] ὁ, = ἄεθλος, Kampf, Wettkampf, Hom. einmal, Od. 8, 160 οὐ γάρ σ' οὐδέ, ξεῖνε, δαήμονι φωτὶ ἐίσκω, ἄθλων, οἷά τε πολλὰ μετ' ἀνθρώποισι πέλονται, vgl. Lehrs Aristarch. 151; – Πυθικοί, die pythischen Kampfspiele, Soph. El. 49; γυμνικοὶ καὶ ἱππικοί Plat. Legg. XII, 949 a; Dem. 60, 13. Daher Anstrengung, oft bei Trag., auch in Prosa, Ἡρακλέους, die Arbeiten des Herkules, Isocr. 5, 109.
